dead-catty

dead-catty

mod. with only a slight bounce. (See the explanation at deadcat bounce. Securities markets.) We expected the stock to go up a lot today, but the increase was no better than dead-catty.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • base
  • brutal
  • cas
  • dap
  • fettie
  • burrnips
  • bluh
  • dead one
  • bousta
  • Hey!